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If mandarin s.. sorry “manderin s” is presumably satsuma than what is manderin F? According to these people’s satsuma tags they’re not even hardy under 32 degrees.I cannot think of any mandarin or tangerine that starts with f? There are actually quite a few of these grafted trees around town labeled mandarin f and s
Quote from: 850FL on February 20, 2021, 02:27:15 PMIf mandarin s.. sorry “manderin s” is presumably satsuma than what is manderin F? According to these people’s satsuma tags they’re not even hardy under 32 degrees.I cannot think of any mandarin or tangerine that starts with f? There are actually quite a few of these grafted trees around town labeled mandarin f and sFall Glow is the only Tangerine that came to my mind that begins with an "F." Interestingly enough, the harvest season on the tag falls within the range listed by the University of Florida. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ch075&ved=2ahUKEwiA9JqanYHvAhWiwFkKHWaPCfoQFjABegQIDRAC&usg=AOvVaw1HOLTdEz4PFqawDc_W3utz&cshid=1614125361388When I looked at my old citrus book, Fairchild, Fortune, and Fremont are some other F manderins. All were bred in California to produce Clementine like fruit over an extended season. Of those Fairchild might be the only suspect because it is the earliest to produce. I highly doubt that any of those are what you have, though, because I have never heard of their being commonly grown here in Florida.
Thank you for catching my typo. Lets go with Fallglo until we get information that disrupts our thinking. If my memory serves me right the Fallglo block in a local grove did have an upright and very vigorous habit of growth.
I am not aware of the specific cold tollerence for Fallglo. A less hardy mandarin is still going to be about as hardy as a sweet orange, so that would be a non-factor for us in this location the majority of the time. If you don't have trouble with sweet oranges in your area, I am going to assume that it will do fine in most years.